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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025
Letter
Emerging Sexual Transmission of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII Infections, United States
Priyanka Anand, Laura A.S. Quilter, Jessica Penney, Philip M. Polgreen, Susan E. Beekmann, and Jeremy A.W. Gold
Table 1
General awareness of TMVII infection among 117 polled member clinicians of the Emerging Infections Network, by selected characteristics, United States, 2025*
| Characteristic |
No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Primary setting of clinical practice | |
| University hospital | 42 (36) |
| Community hospital | 17 (15) |
| Outpatient only | 15 (13) |
| Nonuniversity teaching hospital | 10 (9) |
| Veterans Affairs hospital or Department of Defense | 11 (9) |
| City, county, or public hospital | 10 (9) |
| Children’s hospital | 1 (1) |
| Other |
11 (9) |
| Type of provider | |
| Infectious disease physician | 105 (90) |
| Physician assistant, physician associate, or nurse practitioner | 2 (2) |
| PharmD/Doctor of Pharmacy | 5 (4) |
| Other |
5 (4) |
| How did you first hear about TMVII infections? | |
| I had heard of this issue | 65 (56) |
| I had not previously heard of this issue |
52 (44) |
| Answers among 65 respondents who had heard about TMVII infections | |
| CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 30 (46) |
| Emerging Infections Network emails | 27 (42) |
| Public health department communication | 9 (14) |
| CDC website | 8 (12) |
| Clinician education website | 8 (12) |
| Clinical colleagues | 8 (12) |
| Scientific publication | 8 (12) |
| Other professional listserv | 7 (11) |
| News media | 6 (9) |
| Social media | 2 (3) |
| Patient | 1 (2) |
*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; TMVII, Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII.
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